An Insight

A simply superb paragraph by Sam Harris. pic.twitter.com/26gakI3tg9

— Rachel Moiselle (@RachelMoiselle) June 7, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

There is a forest in China made of stone.

The Stone Forest (Shilin) in Yunnan province is an extraordinary landscape where thousands of towering limestone pillars rise from the ground like a petrified woodland, some reaching heights of 20 to 50 meters.

Approximately 270… pic.twitter.com/Y8QkQs1ArY

— Science girl (@sciencegirl) June 8, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

Normans have no response to the fact that the native English word for paradise is narxenwang

— Wylfċen (@wylfcen) June 7, 2026

 

Data Talks

New Swedish research contra Piketty and Saez:

"Has wealth inequality 'exploded' in the US and Europe since 2000? Our answer: no. Gini and top 0.1% wealth shares are fairly stable, despite rising wealth and more billionaires."@PhilWMagness https://t.co/XAYWKdEeSs

— Old Whig. 🇺🇲🇸🇪🇫🇮🇪🇪🇦🇹 (@aClassicLiberal) June 1, 2026

 

Outrigger à deux, 1899 by Ferdinand-Joseph Gueldry

Outrigger à deux, 1899 by Ferdinand-Joseph Gueldry (France, 1858-1945)

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2,000 years of grooming advice

From Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love) by Ovid, Book III.

Let your person please by cleanliness, and be made swarthy by the Campus; let your toga fit, and be spotless; let your shoe-strap not be too tight, let its buckle be free from rust, and let your feet not float about in shoes too loose; nor let your stubborn locks be spoilt by bad cutting; let hair and beard be dressed by a practised hand. Do not let your nails project, and let them be free of dirt; nor let any hair be in the hollow of your nostrils. Let not the breath of your mouth be sour and unpleasing, nor let the lord and master of the herd offend the nose. All else let wanton women practise, and such men of doubtful sex as wish to have a man.

Apparently our norms have a long heritage. 

History

Seems like the natural outgrowth of shorter growing seasons and collapsing trade routes; big hunks of meat were things that were difficult, but still locally achievable. https://t.co/ExIJVi08cD

— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) June 4, 2026

 

An Insight

The reason this meme resonates with me is that it captures a common tactic in public democrat debate. Someone points to a broad trend and instead of discussing whether the trend is real, the conversation immediately shifts to an exception.

Mention fatherlessness and someone… pic.twitter.com/KcfQ6Blp8H

— A Gene Robinson (@AlBuffalo2nite) June 7, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

Carved in 193 AD, the Column of Marcus Aurelius has stood for over 1,800 years. Rome. Italy. pic.twitter.com/VgMwOXVslh

— Art or Other Things (@ArtorOtherThing) June 8, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

Movie set in the Cambrian period where nothing happens because it’s set on land. No animals, no plants, no trees, no sound but the lonely wind wandering over endless gravel. Occasionally the words “Ten million years later” appear on screen, but nothing changes.

— Wylfċen (@wylfcen) June 5, 2026